I am getting a temporary engine to keep my van on the road.The one im getting has the remote shifter.My van has magic wand which i want to keep so is changing a remote shifter as simple as unbolting a few parts and replacing with bits from my wand.

`Difficulty' depends what year your van is.
There are 2 so called `magic wand' setups- the original used on 850s etc up to `69 (3 synchro boxes), and the `puddin' stirrer' used on vans and pov pack cars from 1969-1774 approx (4 synchro remote box + gearshift attachment).
If yours is the later sort, the swap from remote to your puddin' stirrer is just a matter of swapping shifter bits from yours onto the remote diff housing.
If yours is earlier type however, it involves swapping the diff housings- this is not entirely straightforward as the diff bearing bores have to be checked for size and roundness when magic wand diff housing is attached.

[edit] here's the puddin stirrer type, as you can see the diff housing is a `remote' one.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

This may solve a similar problem for me too, does both a wand and stirrer come thru the floor in exactly the same spot?

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'63 850/1100 + more cooper goodies

Yes I think they do.
Be aware that the puddin' stirrer bits are a bit hard to find these days.

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DrMini- 1970 wasaMatic 1360, Mk1S crank, 86.6HP (ATW) =~125 @ crank, 45 Dellorto (38 chokes), RE282 sprint cam, 1.5 rockers, 11.0:1 C/R.

I've got some (at least I knew where they were before I moved) if you are desperate I can look them out

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Sweet i have a puddin stirrer
Thanks again doc.

I got NOS puddin' bits from John Schmidt at Mini King

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You're so square
Baby I don't care

And I guess a rod change would be as hard to convert to stirrer like a wand is?

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'63 850/1100 + more cooper goodies

harder, as in that one can`t actually be done

edit, unless you change the whole box over

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No offence intended here but--> anyone writing a book about minis 30 years ago may not have experienced such worn or stuffed-with components as we are finding these days.

You should put your heart & soul into everything you do.

Good thing I wasn't planning on going that direction haha

As long as i can have a stirrer mated to a remote casing and it comes thru the wand hole, im as happy as a pig-in. That I can work with

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'63 850/1100 + more cooper goodies

You can shorten the rods on a rod change. That's how they fitted them into Mokes without moving the gearstick hole.

Tim

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1951 Morris Commercial J Type Van
1955 BSA C11G
1961 Morris Mini Traveller
1969 Triumph TR6R
1977 Leyland Moke Californian